Just Do It!

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You’ve got your WordPress.com site and have been lurking here at The Daily Post reading articles, considering the writing and photo challenges. Maybe you’ve been thinking about responding to a Daily Prompt, though perhaps you haven’t been able to fully commit to posting on your site. Reasons to procrastinate proliferate like fruit flies in that pop can you left out on the counter overnight. “I’m too tired!” “I have nothing to say!” and the penultimate excuse, “I have no time!” Well, since we’ve all survived the Mayan Apocalypse, we’ve all got time, and now you can devote some of that time to blogging each day for a whole week. Let’s talk about how.

Jack Cheng is a writer, designer, and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York. In his post, 30 Minutes a Day, Jack contends that when trying to learn a new skill, it’s frequency over quantity that matters most:

When trying to develop a new skill, the important thing isn’t how much you do; it’s how often you do it.

Jack advocates building a daily practice. He relates a story about Jerry Seinfeld, and the simple method Jerry uses to avoid procrastination and spend time each day, working on his craft — writing jokes:

When software developer Brad Isaac asked Jerry Seinfeld, who in those days was still a touring comic, what his secret was, he advised Isaac to pick up one of those wall calendars that had the entire year on a single page. To Seinfeld, becoming a better comedian meant writing every day, so each day Jerry worked on his writing, he would put a big red X in the box for that day. Pretty soon, there’d be a chain of red Xs and not breaking the chain became its own motivation.

You might be writing jokes on your blog, or it could be poems, personal reflections, short stories, memoirs, and / or posting photos. Jack suggests that you can achieve any goal you choose if you can devote just 30 minutes a day to it. Is 30 minutes too long, what with child, work, and family commitments? Start with 15 minutes, or even ten minutes. With the new year upon us in a week, now’s the time to resolve to work on your blog and then actually do it!

Your challenge: post every day for a full week. We’re excited to see what you’ll post about — be sure to tag your post DPchallenge so that we can follow your progress. Feeling extra saucy? Write about your experiences overcoming procrastination. The tip or trick that inspired you to consistency might be just the thing to spur a fellow blogger to blow the dust off their blog and get to work.

Comments

This couldn’t have come at a better time. I wrote about writing to overcome the inertia of not-writing just last week. Already the “buts” are accumulating in my brain. Hmm, maybe that’s fodder for a blog post.

You’re right, the first steps are often the most difficult. I believe that Newton’s first law of motion applies when we try to create a new habit, be it writing, exercise, you name it: an object in motion stays in motion.

Thank you Ms Krista, I have been a member for I don’t know how long but I know that procrastination has been my biggest friend for many years. Well not anymore! Just Do It is going to be a statement I will begin my day with. My GOAL is to ‘Just Do It” starting today! I would love to be able to start writing a non fiction book and see it til the day of ocmpletion without procrastination. I am excited to begin a new chapter of my life! How do I TAG my post DPchallenge?

Okay TY Krista and I know this challenge is for those who have been reluctant to join in the fun we’ve shared all year… I would have loved to add my Monday post on Ping backs: http://eof737.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/on-blogging-are-pingbacks-a-pesky-problem/ as Day 1, but I’ll gladly write another post this evening to join in this fun for a full week. :-) I write daily but I don’t post daily… I will this week. :-)
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hey there, great challenge and i accept – this first post shares an exciting opportunity for people to support a great cause as well as get more involved in our lives in the following year: http://brettfish.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/3326

Reblogged this on Gerry Wilson and commented:
I haven’t posted a Monday Discovery in a while, but here’s an interesting writing challenge from WordPress: to write and post every day for a week! I’m not sure today is the day for me to start (it’s Christmas Eve, after all–there I go, procrastinating), but we’ll see how it goes. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

I’m game! Will definitely try to mix it up, a story, a reflection, photo’s, try 7 types of posts for 7 days (okay that may be pushing myself a bit too much, lets just start with 7 posts and see what happens!).

I am new to this blog! What are the 7 types of posts? How do I TAG my post? I am a loner; therefore, I am going to commit myself to this blog! I have been procrastinating for many many years about my need to write several books. Now is the time ‘Just Do It’! That is going to become my favorite quote!!! Thank you! DPCHALLENGE

This is a great challenge. I think I do write everyday, sometimes more than once! I don’t really have to think about what to write, it’s more a case of choosing something from the long list of posts I have already committed to writing for my readers … Will probably write a post every day with a different idea every day for how to blog every day! :-)

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